My adventures in dress shopping were interesting on Saturday. We picked a local bridal shop based on the fact that they carried a brand who made very nice looking plus-size dresses, based on my perusings on the Interwebs. I had six dresses I wanted to see. None were in stock. Not only that, but the ladies at the shop really weren’t that helpful. They pretty much told me to tag what I wanted and they’d put them in the dressing room, and then let me go on my merry way. Didn’t ask me much about what I was interested in, or really even talk to me all that much. Also, because it was 80 degrees this weekend, it was HOT in the shop. I tried on one dress, and wasn’t super in love with it. We left the shop disappointed. The next shop we went to was slightly more helpful, but they didn’t have a whole lot of dresses with straps. I wasn’t interested in a strapless dress. So we headed over to the last place I thought I’d go dress shopping, David’s Bridal. Let me tell you, my experience there was fantastic! They only had a few dresses in my size, and I didn’t find a whole lot with straps, but my mom convinced me to try a few things on. Wouldn’t you know the dress that I wasn’t all that interested in turned out to be THE DRESS! It was strapless, but David’s Bridal has an option with their dresses that you can add straps, so I did. But I really didn’t need to. The dress was great without the straps! And it was VERY flattering. If anyone out there (Manda, I’m looking at you) has any reservations about dress shopping, take a look at David’s Bridal – and if you’re interested in which dress I got, let me know. It has received tons of great reviews on the David’s Bridal site. I’m so excited to wear the dress on our wedding day. I can’t wait for Chris to see me in it!
6 Responses to “Dress Update”
Congratulations! That’s a major shopping trip. I’m so glad you found something that you love. I look forward to seeing it. It’s crazy that the majority of the places you went were not very helpful. It’s a big emotional purchase, so you’d think they’d be all about catering to their customers. So definately kudos to David’s Bridal for good customer service.
I also had a great experience with David’s Bridal. I’m glad to hear that you found The Dress!
Congrats on finding “the dress”! That’s fantastic news!
And Mom convinced you to try it on. See, Mom always knows best! LOL
Oooh! I wanna see, send me a link! Cripes I’m missing out on everything. I have been such a bad blog friend.
You haven’t been a bad blog friend! I have been a bad blogger!!!! Anyway… the link to the dress is http://www.davidsbridal.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplayView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10051&categoryId=-49995489¤tIdx=12&subCategory=-49999486|-49998998|-49995489&catentryId=1000224&sort=. That’s a long one, and I hope it works! I hope that all is going well!
Amy